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| This is going to sting a little bit—just kidding. It burns like fire! |
| —Scorpion to Po, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness |
Scorpion (also known as Qiong Qi[1]) is one of the main antagonists of the Nickelodeon television series Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. She is, as her name suggests, a scorpion who plays one of the villains in the series. She has so far been featured in the episodes "Scorpion's Sting" and "Love Stings".
Biography[]
Earlier years[]
Scorpion healing a rabbit's sickness with her medicinal herbs
As narrated by Shifu in the episode "Scorpion's Sting" from Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Scorpion once lived in the Valley of Peace where she was a celebrated healer, skilled in the use of medicinal herbs and grew experimental flowers in the valley's rich soil. She one day stumbled upon a hypnotic elixir and stung herself with it, which then warped her body and her mind. She used this new power to assault the Valley, using her elixir-enhanced stinger to control others, turning them into red-eyed drones.
Scorpion about to attack Oogway
She nearly succeeded in taking the valley over until she lay siege to the Jade Palace. Oogway stood in her way, using the villagers' loyalty to free them of Scorpion's mind-control and his shell to break her stinger, rendering her powerless. Oogway thereafter banished Scorpion and she stole the last sun orchid in the entire valley in retaliation, and swore eternal vengeance on anyone from the Valley of Peace.
For many years after that, Scorpion resided in a nearby valley, killing most visitors from the Valley of Peace and taking their skulls as trophies, building up a large collection.
In Legends of Awesomeness[]
Scorpion hypnotizing Monkey in her lair
One day, two new visitors from the Valley of Peace arrived in Scorpion's territory: Po, the Dragon Warrior and Monkey of the Furious Five, in search of the last sun orchid to cure Tigress' River Fever. Scorpion spotted their trespass from her mystical reflecting pool and decided to take Po's head to add to her collection of skulls. She captured Monkey when he and Po were briefly separated and used her hypnotic sting to bring him under her control and force him to attack Po. However, Po's ignorance and Monkey's inability to succeed forced Scorpion to lend some assistance; while Po was distracted trying to open the doors to Scorpion's lair, Scorpion snuck out and passed Monkey a pair of swords to finish the panda off. After yet another battle with Po, it seemed that Monkey was about to succeed, having left Po dangling at the edge of a cliff. Po tried desperately to snap Monkey out of it, resorting to the sneeze trick the two of them had used to pester the rest of the Furious Five and Shifu earlier. Luckily for Po, his efforts were successful.
The two quickly hatched a plan to to trick Scorpion. While Po played dead in the back of a wheelbarrow, Monkey pretended that he was still under the effects of Scorpion's poison. He entered her lair with Po in tow, reporting that the Panda was no more, only for the two of them to get the jump on her, revealing Po to be very much alive, and Monkey unaffected by the poison. Baffled, Scorpion demanded to know how Monkey was no longer affected by the poison. Po explained to her that her poison was defeated by the "poison" of friendship. Though astonished, Scorpion fought against the two kung fu warriors for possession of the orchid. Scorpion was able to get the upper hand with her small stature and multiple eyes. However, Po eventually took her by surprise by making a funny face, before belly-bouncing her against her throne. Scorpion's stinger became lodged in her chair, and Po sneezed up two throwing stars to pin her arms. He and Monkey then left with the orchid.
Scorpion made a brief cameo along with Taotie, Hundun, and Fung during Po's nightmare. Just as Po was about to save the Furious Five from the group, Peng stepped in and defeated them instead.
Scorpion and Ping embracing in Love Stings.
Scorpion would eventually return to the Valley of Peace. After seeing her at his father's restaurant, Po trapped her inside of a large pot. His father demanded that she be released, and after he did, the two revealed that they were in a romantic relationship. Po assumed that Ping was hypnotized, but Scorpion insisted that she was reformed. Po then took his father outside and attempted to convince him that she had ill intentions. She interrupted them, offering Po a cookie as a peace offering. He accepted, and then hesitantly agreed to have dinner with them that night. That night, after putting dumplings into each others mouths (much to Po's disgust), Ping informed Po about how Scorpion had once won in a baking competition. Po countered this by bringing up that Scorpion had once tried to kill him, causing her to leave the table upset. Angry at Po, Ping began to list all of the qualities that made him so attracted to her. Scorpion also revealed how she wanted them to settle down together.
After having a nightmare about Scorpion killing Ping, Po rushed back to the Noodle shop to defend him. He caught them in the middle of preparing a meal, becoming defensive when he saw that Scorpion was holding a knife. After it was established that nothing bad had happened, Po relented and said that he just wanted his father to be happy. He then said that the Furious Five might not be as accepting as he was, and so they insisted that Po not inform them. The next day, Po met up with Scorpion back at the shop, where she had prepared mountains of Mooncakes for the upcoming festival. Po told her that she should tell Shifu after he had made his speech. He then began stuffing his face with Mooncakes, complimenting her on her baking. The two continued talking, her revealing that she brainwashed the judges of the baking competition she had won. Po jokingly made a remark about her brainwashing his dad, and she revealed that there would be no need because she would rather poison everyone in the valley. Now having revealed her true intentions, she also revealed that she had been poisoning Po with the Mooncakes that he was eating. Po started to fall unconscious, and so she took the opportunity to stuff his body in the shop's cellar. When Ping returned upstairs, Scorpion lied and said that Po never wanted to see him again because he no longer had time for him. After Ping became sad, Scorpion ensured him that they would be able to see each other at the festival.
Po had managed to escape and tried to warn everyone at the festival, but he ended up being too late, everyone beginning to collapse around him. Scorpion revealed her true intentions to Ping and jumped up on stage to confront Shifu, informing him that this was an act of revenge. Po yelled at her, demanding that they fight. Scorpion obliged, getting the upper hand with her agility, which was twice as effective due to Po's delirious state. Po then remembered fighting techniques involving his current predicament that he had learned previously during the episode. He then gained the upper hand, defeating her by rolling on top of her.
Scorpion's latest appearance involved her, among other villains, being paralyzed and kept as trophies by Tsin. Eventually, Po was able to trick Tsin and get the villains unfrozen. She and the other villains took their revenge on the former warrior, attacking him with weapons in the room. Scorpion was seen climbing onto Tsin's back, but he used his mouth to throw her off of him and onto Temutai's face, who immediately tossed her aside. She as well as the other villains escaped after Po created a hole in the wall using a crossbow.
Scorpion was last referenced in Enter the Dragon, where a villager mentioned her as being one of the many villains that Po had defeated.
Personality[]
Scorpion collecting herbs in the Valley of Peace
Scorpion was once a kind and compassionate healer, and held in high-esteem by the valley. The fact that she also grew experimental flowers showed she was constantly looking for more ways to cure and heal others. But all that changed when she stung herself with a hypnotic elixir, which warped her mind and body. She became cruel and power-hungry, no longer caring about healing but rather manipulating others as her mind-controlled pawns.
Scorpion is shown to be vengeful against anyone from the Valley of Peace, stealing the last sun orchid (the only cure for River Fever) before being exiled for her crimes. Despite her sinister motives, however, she seems to have a rather well-mannered and dainty personality. This shows in how she sees Po and calls him "adorable" before commenting on wanting his head for her collection of skulls. She also showed somewhat of a nurturing encouragement to Monkey when she thought he had destroyed Po, as she ordered him to do after hypnotizing him. Even in her fight with Po and Monkey, she would act fussy at times, while still trying to attack and sting both of them.
Fighting style and abilities[]
Scorpion attacking in battle
Scorpion prefers to use her mind-control to force others to do her dirty work, but that doesn't mean she isn't capable of handling someone in direct-combat. Much like Mantis, Scorpion is a skilled fighter. She uses her claws, legs, and tail to almost effortlessly overcome large foes, and uses her many eyes to stay alert and counter her foes' attacks.
As a former healer, Scorpion is knowledgeable in medicinal herbs as well as poisonous plants, making her even more dangerous. Scorpion has also displayed the ability to perform scrying via the water of her bowl, which she used to spy on Po and Monkey when they came to her valley.
On a side note, she is also very skilled with baking. as shown in the episode "Love Stings" where Po ate one of her cookies and said it was very good and she baked several moon cakes.
Relationships[]
Oogway[]
After her corruption, Scorpion led an attack on the Jade Palace with the villagers as her mind-controlled drones. However, Oogway had thwarted her plans by using the villagers' loyalty to him to free them of the mind control. After Oogway exiled her, Scorpion gained a great loathing for the old turtle and took out her vengeful rage on anyone from the Valley of Peace.
Po[]
Scorpion preparing to battle Po in the episode "Scorpion's Sting"
While Scorpion considered Po an enemy (him being from the Valley of Peace), she also saw him as an adorable panda, and greatly desired his head for her collection of skulls. This was her prime motivation for hypnotizing Monkey into trying to destroy Po. After Po defeated her and claimed her orchid, Scorpion probably holds a strong grudge towards the panda, though it can be assumed that she still wants his head.
Mr. Ping[]
Mr. Ping and Scorpion
When Po is trying to get Mr. Ping a girlfriend, Mr. Ping reveals that he has a girlfriend, Scorpion. They act like a normal couple would towards one another, until Scorpion revealed that she had not given up her criminal ways and had poisoned everyone in the valley, after this point they broke up.
Trivia[]
- In character concept art, Scorpion's name was listed as "Qiong Qi."[1]
Gallery[]
Images[]
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Videos[]
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Quotes[]
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| Ooh, they need my orchid. And I need to add something to my collection of tchotchkes! His adorable panda head will fit right here... once I sever it from his body. |
| —Scorpion when viewing Po and Monkey through her scrying bowl, Scorpion's Sting |
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| Monkey: We'll take that flower now. Scorpion: The only thing you're going to get is a little soap to wash out your filthy mouths. |
| —Scorpion as she faces Po and Monkey, Scorpion's Sting |
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| Oh, sweetheart, you can't surprise someone with this many eyeballs! |
| —Scorpion to Monkey during her battle with him and Po, Scorpion's Sting |
